Retaining its position as the top supplier for Industrial and Automated Storage systems the eighth consecutive year, SSI Schaefer is once again ranked number one by US Magazine Modern Materials Handling. SSI Schaefer holds the number 1 spot with a 3% revenue increase to USD2.65 billion over 2012, while Daifuku Co. remained at its number 2 spot with a revenue increase of 4% to USD2.46 billion over 2012. Dematic and Murata Machinery Ltd retained their 3rd and 4th positions, with revenue of USD$1.5 billion and USD960 million, respectively. Vanderlande Industries swapped places with Mecalux to move up to the 5th position with revenue of USD956 million.
The battle for the top 20 systems suppliers remains as a heated race to the top for 2013. While some of the growth is the result of mergers and acquisitions, it became obvious that the results reflected two facts of life in this industry:
- The big are getting bigger. To crack into the top 10 spot, the No. 10th position posted increase revenue of about 57% in 2013 over the No. 10th in 2011.
- There is an apparent increase in appetite for automation, largely driven by e-fulfilment that isn't explained by industry consolidation.
The overall combined revenues of the top 20 materials handling systems suppliers showed a jumped of 6.5% over 2012 to USD15.6 billion in 2013.
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Making the list To qualify for MMH's list, companies must be suppliers of materials handling systems, not just equipment providers. In addition to manufacturing at least two major handling system components, a company must also employ full-time staff that designs, installs and integrates materials handling systems. These systems include at least two of the following: transportation devices, storage and staging equipment, picking units, sortation systems, information management systems, data capture technologies and other types of handling equipment.
Companies must have a presence in North America to be considered worldwide suppliers. They must also be able to report their materials handling revenues to MMH's editors.
(Adapted from Modern Materials Handling, April 2014, Josh Bond, Associate Editor)________________________________________
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